Kansas City Dev Conf

It's been a minute (a couple weeks I suppose) but I am so glad I made it out to my first #KCDC this year. <3

In my hand is the paper schedule, which I absolutely loved being able to write on, circle, and organize who I wanted to see. Conference organizers, if printouts are in your budget, do it. Just a few for us pen and paper folk. 😆

While I love going to conferences where I know more people (CYC, for example), getting out of my comfort zone is necessary in order to expand my network and meet new people. I like to tell people that conferences are great for building your community as well as strengthening the relationships you already have. But mostly it's just so great to hang out with friends, especially when you mostly work from home. 🫶

The talks were educational as well as entertaining. Kat, Gant, Diana, Rob, Arthur, Mike, Jim, Avindra - so many great names. The community was incredibly welcoming and had their traditions in which I was able to partake, like the Drum Room and Karaoke (duh). I hope to make it back again sometime!\

PS Shout out to the sponsors! There were a lot! I snagged some swag for the kiddos and a super cool bluetooth speaker that looks like a cassette tape from Crash Override.

PPS Hotel Phillips is freakin' awesome. Their speakeasy is really cool, too!